Cultivator and harrow.



PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

Bi E. HUGULEY.

GULTIVATOR AND HARROW.

APPLICATION FILED H1135, 1907.

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A TTORNE 1 5 PATENTED 'AUG. 27, 1907,

B. B. HUGULBY.

'OULTIVATOR AND HARROW.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1907.

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A TTOR/VE YS UNITED STATES BURWELL EDWIN HUGULEY, OF DANBURY, GEORGIA.

CULTIVATOR AND HARROW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed June 5,1907. Serial No. 377,397.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURWELL EDWIN HUG-ULEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Danbury, in the county of Wilkes and State ofGeorgia, have invented a new and useful Cultivator and Harrow, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has relation to cultivators and harrows which may also beused for fertilizer droppers and it consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide an implement of the characterindicated the parts of which may be easily and readily adjusted andinterchanged in order to arrange the harrow teeth in desired lines withrelation to the line of draft and the cultivator shovels in desiredpositions with relation to the row of plants.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure l is a side elevation of thecultivator and harrow with parts in section, and Fig. 2 is a top planview of the same with parts removed. 1

The implement consists of the middle beams 1 which are bolted togetherand each of which is provided with a lateral bend 2 located at anintermediate point. The lugs 3 depend from the middle portions of thebonds 2 and the shaft 4 is carried by the said lugs 3. The disks orwheels 5 are journaled upon the shaft 4 and are spaced apart and held inproper relation to each other by means of the cross pins 6 which arearranged at equal distances from the centers of the said disks. Thecross bars 7 are provided at their middles with the bonds 8 whichreceive the beams 1 and which are held together.

by the bolts 9 located upon the opposite sides of the said beams andwhich serve as clamps. The said bars 7 are provided at their endportions with the elongated slots 10. The side bars 11 are preferablyformed from channel iron and have their forward ends reduced verticallyand located between the cross bars 7. The bolts 12 pass through theforward ends of the side bars 11 and the slots and constitute means foradjustably securing the said side bars to the cross bars. The flanges ofthe side bars 11 are notched as at 13 and the earth engaging elements 14rest in the said notches and are held therein by means of the hooks 15each of which passes through a perforation in the middle portion of oneof the bars 11 and is provided at its inner end with a nut 16. The earthengaging elements 14 are pointed at one end, as at 17, which endconstitutes a harrow tooth while the opposite end is provided with acultivator shovel 1.8. \Lhe braces 19 are pivoted at their inner ends tothe beams 1 behind the bent portions 2 thereof and are pro vided attheir outer ends with. the perforations 20 through which the bolt 21 maybe passed in order to adjustably hold the rear portions of the side bars11 with relation to the beams 1. The standard 22 is attached to the rearends of the beams 1 and is provided with a shovel 23.

A strip 24 is attached to the upper edges of the rear portions of thebeams 1 and is provided at its rear end with an upstanding portion 25while its forward end extends in between the disks 5 and is providedwith the laterally disposed shoulders which terminate in close proximityto the peripheries of the said disks and form scrapers and trash fenders26 for the salne. The chute j 27 is attached to the end portion 25 ofthe plate 24. The

handles 28 are attached at their forward ends to the beams 1 in advanceof the bent portions 2 thereof. 1 The intermediate portions of thehandles 28 are supported by the braces 29 and 30. The brace 29 isattached to the beams 1 by means of a bolt 32 which also serves as thesecuring means for the braces 19 and strip 24. The upper ends of thebrace 29 bear against the inner sides of the handles 28 and are providedwith a series of perforations 33. The upper ends of the braces bearagainst the outer sides of the handles 28 and are provided with a seriesof perforations 34. The belt 35 passes through the handle 28 and alsothrough perforations in the adjacent braces 29 and 30. Thus it ispossible to pitch the handles at a desired angle with relation to thebeams 1. The lower ends of the braces 30 are provided with series ofperforations 36 through any one of which the bolt 21 may be passed. Theforward ends of the beams l are upwardly curved and provided with aseries of clevis perforations 37. The forward portions of the beams 1are bowed laterally as 38, which bows are adapted to receive betweenthem the tooth or opener 39.

The hopper 40 is rhombic in side elevation and is provided at itsforward end with a depending arm 41 adjustably attached thereto. Thelower end of said arm passes between the disks 5 and is forwardly curvedas at 42 and lies in the path of the pins 6. The rod 43 passestransversely through the hopper 40 and the handles 28 and supports thehopper. The said hopper is pivotally mounted upon the said rod and therod is located in alinement with the greater angles of the side of thefigure but out of alinement with the small angles thereof. The hopper 40is provided with a concaved bottom 43 which projects beyond the rear endof the hopper and terminates in a spout 44 which enters the upperportion of the chute 27 The space between the rear side of the hopper 40and the bottom 43 thereof forms an outlet through which material maypass from the hopper into the chute 27. The valve 45 is adjustablyattached to the rear side of the hopper 40 and is held in properadjusted position by means of the bolt and wing nut 46. The said valve45 may be moved so as to increase or diminish the transverse area of theoutlet of the hopper.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that an implement of thecharacter described is provided, the parts of which may be adjusted intovarious positions to meet conditions and that the side bars 11 may beshifted from one side to the other of the implement and turned so as tooperate the implement as a harrow or a cultivator and if used as acultivator the disks 5 may be removed also the standard 22 and theplates 18 may be so disposed as to throw the earth toward the row ofplants or away from the same as the cultivator is operated as a straddlerow. Also by adjusting the handles 28 'between the braces 29 and 30 thehopper 40 may be raised or lowered so that it may have a desired pitchfor depositing different kinds of fertilizer. It is also obvious that asthe disks 5 rotate the pins Gwill successively come in contact with thelower end of the arm 41 and through the same swing the said hopper -10upon its pivot and cause the fertilizing material to flow from thehopper through the chute 27 to the ground in the rear of the plow 23.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters-Patent is 1. An implement as described comprising beams,members secured together and having at intermediate points laterallydisposed bends, spaced disks journaled for rotation between said bends,cross pins connecting said disks together, cross bars attached to thebeams, side bars adjustably attached to the cross bars and carryingground engaging elements, braces attached at their inner ends to therear portions 01 the beams, means for adjustably attaching the outerends of the said braces to the side bars, handles attached to the beams,a hopper pivoted between the handles, an arm depending from said hopperand having its end located in the path of said pins, a spout attached tothe hopper and a chute supported upon the beams and receiving saidspout.

2. An implement as described comprising beams attached together andhaving at intermediate points laterally disposed bends, wheels journaledfor rotation between said bends, pins connecting said wheels together, across bar attached to the beams, side bars adjust-ably attached to thecross bar and carrying ground engaging elements, handles attached to thebeams, a hopper pivotally supported between the handles, an armdepending from said hopper and projecting into the path of said plus, aplate attached to the rear portions of the beams and having its forwardend lying between the wheels and being provided with shoulders inproximity with the peripheries thereof, a chute attached to the rear endof said plate and a spout attached to the hopper and entering saidchute.

3. An implement as described comprising beams secured together andhaving lateral bonds at intermediate points, cross bars attached to thebeams, side bars adjustably attached to the cross bars and carryingground engaging elements, wheels journaled for rotation between thelateral bends of the beams, cross pins connecting; said wheels together,handles pivoted at their forward ends to the beams, means for swingingthe handles and securing them in an adjusted position, a hopperpivotally mounted between the handles, an arm depending from said hopperand projecting into the path of the cross pins, a spout carried by thehopper and a chute supported upon the beams and receiving said spout.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BURWELL EDWIN HUGULEY.

Witnesses JOHN D. BUNCH,

' TOM I-I. ANDERSON.

